WWE Raw Open Discussion Thread 10/10/16

Although Sasha Banks defeated Charlotte this past Monday night to become a two-time Raw Women’s Champion, one has to assume that Team Red’s resident “Queen” won’t take her loss lying down. What might the newly former titleholder have in store for The Boss three weeks before their rematch at WWE Hell in a Cell? (via WWE.com)

Our five-point preview:

1. Be sure to read the Best and Worst of No Mercy before tonight’s Raw. I mean, they don’t have anything to do with each other, but go read it anyway!

2. In the night’s most important development, Braun Strowman has promised that if Mick Foley doesn’t give him competition, he’ll take out his aggression on Foley. Our fantasy booking: James Ellsworth returns, but with ROCKET HANDS. ANY MAN WITH TWO ROCKET HANDS.

3. Brian Kendrick made the Cruiserweight Champion tap out last week, so this week WWE.com’s like, “did Brian Kendrick earn a cruiserweight title shot?” I hope the answer is no, and that Kendrick beats Perkins in another non-title match tonight. Why not!

4. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte and Rusev vs. Roman Reigns are both set for Hell in a Cell, so expect a lot of HOW WILL THIS RIVALRY ESCALATE hype that boils down to, “they argue and then slap each other.”

5. Danny Masterson and Ashton Kutcher have entered the NJPW World Tag League. Will they be able to defeat Kurtwood Smith and Wilmer Valderrama?

As always, we’re including 10 of our favorite comments in tomorrow’s Best and Worst of Raw column. Reply to your favorites with a +1 to nominate them for consideration. Enjoy the show!

I hope that exchange was to demonstrate the problems in using the Pedigree in a Triple Threat situation and thus inspires him to one night only Hell in a Cell, revive the Curbstomp and give KO or Jericho a little Peace of Mind.

He’s been doing this for nearly 20 years now. If he hasn’t gotten it by this point, he never will.

Side note: Have you (or anyone reading this) ever rewatched the Shane drop from the Cell at Mania and looked at Cole when he delivers his “For the love of all Mankind!” line?

We all kinda knew he was told to say that obviously, but the dude’s literally standing up staring at the script – right as McMahon landed on the table – plain as f’n day, like he was an actor on his first day of line reading, paying no attention to the fact that Shane just dove off a cage. Words don’t do it justice. Here, at 0:52 watch Cole. [www.youtube.com]

It’s like, jesus dude, you couldn’t remember that one line in the biggest spot of the match? Can you please just pretend it’s real? I remember catching it on the first replay and just simply couldn’t believe it.

TL;DR Watch Michael Cole during the Shane HIAC spot, and shake your head in disgust.

I’m always torn on that Suplex City promo. It’s a brilliant concept and beautifully shot…but it reminds me of all the people Lesnar’s beaten with little to no effort and I just end up angrier than Lesnar as he charges towards the screen by the end.

Let’s take a second to recognize that Chris Jericho was a big deal during the friggin’ Attitude Era and is still contributing and Main Eventing Raw in 2016…I’ll wait…good. Now, I’m going to be honest and say that I’ve never eeeeeeeever been more down for a nostalgia title run than I am for Jericho. I love KO, but give Jericho the new belt for a bit and let him be the first to ever hold every title. DO IT.

As a guy who loves it when bad guys turn on each other or villain factions fight each other in shows, movies, etc. I’ve never understood the insistance that every match up needs to be face vs heel. I mean the crowd boos faces and cheer heels half the time anyways, so its not like they have a problem choosing for themselves who to cheer for, so do we really not think a crowd could’t handle two heels fighting?

The person standing most in the way of that is probably Jericho. Not only does he tour with Fozzy, but in general he seems to like putting people over. He just makes sure he wins enough matches for that to matter.

I always feel a conflicted sense of accomplishment when I start watching on DVR and there is so much filler and commercials and Moments Ago moments that I can catch up to the live broadcast by the time the main event starts.

You just know that during the Paul Heyman segment Ryback was somewhere watching at home crying hopelessly with “The Secret” held close to his chest. Rocking back and forth saying “That coulda been me, The Ryback, they were chanting for. I coulda been someone. I coulda been a contender.” Briefly pausing, then whispering to himself, “They still would have been chanting Goldberg though. Man, I’m dumb as f***.”

Yeah, I’m a big supporter of @The Real Birdman, but submissions and cruiserweights have always gone together well. They didn’t rely on them all the time, but it was still part of what made them special. Not just frankensteiners and flippy stuff.

that doesn’t make any sense, everything they’ve done has made it clear they’re trying to make the cruiserweight division an extension of CWC, same colors, same presentation with the handshaking and handraising at the end of matches. Why wouldn’t they continue to present cruiserweights as having a mix of styles? Like that’s not a “have it both ways” kind of thing, it’s just kind of a fact that some cruiserweights also specialize in technical and submission based wrestling. I genuinely have no idea what sense your statement is supposed to make about them being “different or another part of Raw” or how that would relate to people’s fighting styles.